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Of the 175 deaths registered from Tuberculosis during the
year, 22 were not notified until within one month before death, in
33 cases the notifications were received after death, and in 3 cases
no notification was received. Of the 3 non-notified cases, 2 were
recorded as tubercular after enquiry by the Coroner, and 1 occurred
in a lunatic asylum.
Of the 33 cases notified after death 7 (5 pulmonary, 2 nonpulmonary)
were notified by private doctors, 13 (7 pulmonary,
6 non-pulmonary) by Poor Law Institutions and 13 (4 pulmonary,
9 non-pulmonary) by hospitals or asylums.
In 1922, 28 cases were not notified until one month before
death, in 41 cases the notification was received after death, while
in 7 cases no notification was received.
DISPENSARY TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Battersea Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary during 1923 has been
of a satisfactory and progressive character. The premises, an
adapted private dwelling-house, in which this highly important
health service is carried on, are, however, inadequate, structurally
unfitted and inconveniently situated for the purpose, and it is to be
hoped that an at early date a more suitable building will be provided.
The Dispensary is the more important of the two administrative
units of the scheme for dealing with tuberculosis, serving as it does
inter alia as a receiving-house and centre of diagnosis and a clearinghouse
and centre for observation. In a large working-class district
such as Battersea it is essential that a structurally suitable building
should be provided, and that it should be centrally situated so
as to be easy of access to the working-class population. It cannot